Gate.



, No. 825,716. v PATENTED JULY 10, 1906.

/ A. Y. FRY.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED r23. 15. 1906.

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ALBERT Y. FRY, OF GALLATIN, TENNESSEE.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J'iily 10,1906.

Application filed February 15, 1906. Serial No. 301,172.

To alt whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT Y. FRY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Gallatin, in the county of Sumner and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in gates; and the invention has for its primary object the provision of novel means for opening and closing a gate when approaching the same from either side.

The'invention aims to provide a gate particularly adapted for country roads and lanes, and in this connection I have devised novel means for opening and closing a gate to permitg a vehicle to pass therethrough without necessitating a person leaving the vehicle to open and close the gate. To this end I have constructed a simple and inexpensive gate of the character above described which can be easily and quickly manipulated at any time it is desired to open and close the gate.

With the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout both views, in which Figure 1 is a plan of my improved gate; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the gate in an open position.

In constructing my improved gate I erect four posts or standards 1, 2, 3, and 4 at one side of the road or lane in connection with which my improved gate is to be used. In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated these posts or standards as being supported by a longitudinally-disposed beam or girder 5; but it will be observed that this beam or girder may be dispensed with and the posts or standards planted in the ground. Upon the opposite side of the road or lane, diametrically opposite the post or standard 3, is erected another post or standard 6, herein after termed a locking-post. The post 3 and the post 6 have been illustrated as connected by a transverse beam or girder 7, the use of this beam or girder being arbitrary.

over the top of the post 3.

A gate 8 is connected to the post 3, as at 9 9, said gate consisting of a pluralityof parallel rails 10,vertically-disposedrails 11, and diagonally-disposed rails 12, all of said rails being suitably "secured together to form a strong and durable gate-frame. The uppermost rail 10 of the gate'adjacent to the post 3 is provided with an 'angle arm 14, extending Pivoted to the outer end of the arm 14 is a lever 15, having its ends provided with apertures 16 and 17, the object, of which will be presently described.

The gate is provided with a latch-bar 18, said bar being *slidably 'inounted upon one of the parallel rails 1'0 between the vertical rails 11 11 at the end'of the gate. The latchbar is provided with two 'outwardly ext'ending pins 19 19, which limit the rearward movement of the latch, also with pins 2020,

that limit the forward movement of the latch, said pins being adapted to impinge against the vertical rails 11 11 of the gate. The lowermost parallel rail 10 of the gate '18 provided with upwardly-extending resilient arms 21 21, adapted *to en age behind the pins 20 20 and normally hold the latch in an extended position. The upper ends of the posts or standards 1 and 4 are provided with brackets 22 22, between which are journaled rollers 23 and 24, having crank-handles 25 25. The upper end and one side of the post 2 are provided with guide-eyelets 26 and 27. The endless cord or cable 28 is used in connection with the rollers 23 and 24, said cord or cable being wound around the rollers and extending from one roller to the other, thus forming two strands 29 and 30, the strand 29 being connected to the lever 15 throu h the medium of the aperture 17, this strand also passing through the eyelet 26 of the postor standard 2. passes from one roller to the other and in so doing passes through the eyelet 26, carried by the upper end of the post 2. The cable or cord 31 is connected to the rear end of the latch-bar 18 and to the lever 15 throughthe medium of the aperture 16. The lockingpost 6 and the post 2 are provided with keepers 32 32, ada ted to be engaged by the end of the latchar 18 when the gate 1s either closed or opened.

In practice the posts or standards 1, 2, and 4 will be located a sufiicient distance away from the gate to permit of a vehicle approaching either the post 1 or 4, whereby the The strand 3O Lil roller 23 or 24 may be operated to open or close the gate.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have illustrated the gate in a closed position, and in describing the operation of the gate I will assume that the gate is to be opened. The crankhandle25 of the roller 23 is rotated, which winds the strand 30 upon the roller 23 and Winds the strand 29 upon the roller 24, the Winding of said strand upon the roller 24 pulling rearwardly upon the lever 15, which Withdraws the latch-bar 18 from the keeper 28 of the locking-post 6, and a further movement of the strand 29 in the direction of the roller 24 swings the gate 8 open, this being accomplished through the medium of the angle-arm 14. When the gate engages the post 2, the slack cable 31 permits of the resilient arms 21 21 forcing the latch-bar 18 into engagement with the keeper 32 of the post 2. Upon the vehicle passing between the posts 3 and 6 the crank-handle of the roller 24 is rotated, which winds the strand 30 upon said roller and the strand 29 upon the roller 23. When the strand 29 is pulled forwardly, the gate is swung to a closed position through the medium of the angle-arm 14, and the slack in .thecable 31 permits of the latch-bar 18 enthe gate. My invention obviates the necessity of a person leaving the vehicle, it only being necessary to stop adjacent to the post 1 of the gate, then passing through the same and stopping at the post 4 to close the gate.

I do not care to confine myself to the character of gate in connection with which my improved mechanism is used, and such changes in the construction and operation of the gate as are permissible by the appended claim may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a gate the combination with four posts arranged in alinement and a fifth post arranged laterally of the alined posts, of a gate hinged to one of the alined posts, keepers carried by another of the alined posts and by the laterally-arranged post, a spring-held latch carried by the gate, an angle-arm carried by the gate and extending over the post to which the gate is hinged, a roller carried by each of the end posts of said alined posts, an endless cable wound around both said 'rollers, a lever pivotally attached at its center to said angle-arm and having one end attached to one strand of said. cable, a cord attached to the other end of said lever and attached at its opposite end to said latch, and crank-handles carried by said rollers.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

. ALBERT Y. FRY. Witnesses:

J NO. FRY, O. H. FosTER 

